Year 7 students at St John Bosco College, Battersea, have been learning about Hinduism this term. Kyron, Animashua and Ryan have written about the activities that formed part of this topic.

Hindu Speaker at St John Bosco College

We had a speaker who came to visit our school to talk to all of Year 7 about Hinduism, this is because we are studying Hinduism at the moment in RE. I liked the talk because the music was interesting and also I enjoyed hearing about the many different gods and goddesses the Hindus worship.

I also found out that Hindus have small shrines in their homes where they pray and that they can go and pray in their temples (called mandirs) on any day of the week.

Kyron Hylton-Taylor - Year 7

Visit to the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

We visited the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir on 25th June because we have been doing a project on Hinduism in RE. It was an amazing day for us because it was an experience that will probably be a once in a lifetime chance for us. I really enjoyed the part where we saw the statues, they were interesting and unique and I liked the music which was in a language that I didn't understand, however, the beat was good and interesting.

I learnt that the red dot on the head and the "U" shape painted on the foreheads of Hindus represent us standing the presence of God. The building was incredibly big and the carvings were very detailed and attractive and colourful. We had never seen statues like these before. The people we met were very friendly and told us more facts about Hinduism and that the statues are like human beings and so are called murtis and were even given baths.

Animashuan Oluwatobiloba -Year 7 and Ryan Osinaga Ross - Year 7